The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-25
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
CBy Oar Regular Corrcsrondcnt.)
WASHINGTON, Nav 18th. ISS.

Washington, May 18th, 1887
The reunion of the Army of the.
Cumberland, the American Surgi-
cal Association, and the annual con-
vcntion of Hotel p~roprictors are
the most important gatherings of
the week in this popular rendcz-
vous of all kinds of National inter
cStS.
1t was the eight ANAL convcn-
ton of"Minc hosts" Of the Amcri-
can travelling public, and the pri-
mary object of their meeting is to
give the proprictors, managers, and
clerks of hotels u chance to talk
over matters of mutual interest.
They all want to know (you know
the best manner of getting rid of
dead beats, and about all kinds Of
fire escapes and such things. In
addition to this Interchange Of OK
pcricncc, information and ideas, II
mutual benefit insurance aSsOcia-
ton Is carried ON, and during the
seven years Of it's existence the as
ISOLATION has paid out to its bcncn-
Charles the sum Of $.7,37l.
1t is seldom that so many cpl
cures meet around one table as
b%anIuctcd together i'm the large din
ing saloon of Wizards Hotel on
Wednesday night. The banquet
was given to the visiting Bonita
COS by the local hotel proprictors,
and such II feast it was rs filled the
guests with enthusiasm, and promp-
ted them to give the palm to Wash
ingt0n for entertainment. Nearly
two hundred rroprictors and man
ayers, rcprcS nting the leading ci-
ties and the leading hotels in the
United States, and few specially
invited guests composed the com
pany. The tables and the room
were ~profuscly decorated with cut
flowers and pottcd plants, and here
and there stood immense specimens
of the confcctiOncr's art in tanciful
and appropriate designs. The me-
nu was very choice, and the COM
pany was Il jovial'onc, hardly need
ing the inspiration of the band,
which diScourscd popular music
from an adjoining room.
1t was nearly eleven o'clock be-
fore fcaSting gave way to oratory.
The President of the United States,
was the first toast, proposed by
Postmaster Garrison, the EXPIRES
idcnt of Ike association. To this
Gen. Black, the Commissioner of
Pensions, responded in an eloquent
strain twenty minutes long. He
never one mentioned the name Of
any particular President, but he
painted n graphic picture, easily
recognizable, Of LlncOln rs he re
mcmbcrcd him away back i'm 1880,
when, rs Il lawyer. he used Occa-
siOnally to visit the little frontier
village in Eastern Illinois, which
was Gen. Blacks home. lie pain
ted Lincoln in this rustic simplici-
ty and his homcspun suit as an in
stance that Presidents 10 not al
ways spring from the aristocracy,
and then, cnlarging upon the power
and the greatness Of the President
ial Office and pr~onouncing the Pres
ident Of the United States the fore
most man in tho world, he reused
the company to enthusiastic APP
plausc.
Yesterday the visitors were talk.
II VII ~ NilN " 'olttltI = nome, Il
noon they had an interview will
the President at the White House
in the afternoon they mad q sail tc
Mount Vernon, in the evening thcN
were taken to the theatres, and to
day they are having a round of tho
public buildings.
T Thcchicf event of the reunion
: here of the Army of the Cumber
: and was the unwilling of the stat
S u of Garfield, which took place to
t day amid imposing ceremonies
There was an immense conc0urst
8 Of people at the unvtiling, and tn
: President and Mrs Cleveland occu
pied seats on the Grand stand, Will
Mr.. Kcifor, who once figured her
t as Speaker Of the House YOU re
member, and who for some inscru
table reason was chosen orator {
J the day, was there to perform hi
= part. Gen. Sheridan, the prcsidcr
u of the society Of the Army of tn
Cumberland, rode in II carriage j
I, the parade Wi Gems. Sherman
! Bueil and RoSecranz the three sul